Christ School, Bangalore
Coordinates: 12°55′43.8″N 77°36′18.5″E / 12.928833°N 77.605139°E Christ School in Bangalore, India is an educational institution run by the Catholic Minority Community with all the rights and privileges granted by the Constitution of India and recognized but un-aided by the Department of Education of Karnataka State. It is run by the fathers of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in the Catholic Church through a Registered Body - "Christian Educational Society of Bangalore".
The school, with a roll of 3267, is reputed to be one of the largest schools in India. It is associated with Christ University, another CMI institution in Bangalore. The school attracts some of the best faculty given the rich academic and co-curricular environment that prevails in the institution.
The school imparts education to students from Kindergarten to Std X in English medium, across the ICSE, CBSE and the State Boards. It is open to all irrespective of religion, caste or community. With a very strong focus on academics, and the latest pedagogy incorporating multi-media classes, the school reaps outstanding results every year, with many Distinction and First Class results.
In honor of the founding father of the CMIs who run the school, the school has a week-long celebration called The Chavara Cultural Festival and Inter School Tournament, to which all the schools in the city are invited.
The school, with its sprawling playgrounds and top-class auditoriums, strongly encourages
sports and extra-curricular activities. The preferred sports in the school are basketball and football. Christ also has cricket facilities, indoor badminton courts and a skating rink. The school conducts flagship events such as the Annual Science Exhibition and provides state-of-the-art facilities in their laboratories (including their Robotics lab). In addition, the students of Christ School regularly participate in multiple Olympiad contests, both at the State and at the National level.
Moral and religious instructions are also part and parcel of the curriculum. There is an Ecumenical Prayer Room for the children of all religions to meet and pray. Once in a month there is general prayer service for all non-Catholics (who form the majority) and a Catholic mass for the others. All these activities contribute to a very holistic development of the Christites, as the students are known.
The school owns a fleet of buses for transporting students from different parts of Bangalore.
Programs
The school has a numerous events throughout. In 2016, for commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing, Japanese people were invited and a Skype call was held to interact with the Japanese. There is an Annual Day held every year usually in February.
Management
The school is now being presently run by Fr. NK Dominic who has been in service for this great institution since 2016 and will be continuing till 2021. The principals were:
| Principal | Year of Joining | Year end of service | Term* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fr. Joseph Rapthapilly | 2007(First Principal) | 2012 | 5 Years |
| Fr. Shaju Varghese | 2012 | 2016 | 5 Years |
| Fr. NK Dominic | 2016 | Present (2021) | Present |
*Note: The year of end of service is calculated per academic year that is June-March.